How to Make a Riff or an AdIn

By Mrs. Lois Smethurst

The Riff Script

• Include at least 4 from the following list:– The name of the radio program– The station ID

• Optional Extras– Your name – Something about your show– Invite listeners to stay tuned– Advertise next week’s show

Make you riff original and interesting

Start a New Project

Choose the Voice Option

Save with your name in the default Garage Band Folder

Add Loops and Recordings

Click here to hear and add music loops

Record your voice on either of these tracks

Drag and drop

loops into this

section

Record Your Message

Plug a microphone in so there is no background noise in your recording

This mutes all other tracks. Use it if you have already added some music. Remember to click off when finished

Make sure you are getting a nice big wave pattern. Click again to make it disappear.

1. The finished Riff should be less than 20 seconds long.

2. It should have at least 4 or 5 tracks

3. Break up the speaking parts with music in between. Split =

4. Make a pattern and repeat the loops so that it sounds like a composition. For example repeat the same loop at the beginning and the end.

It is important to turn on “Ducking” in the control menu. This makes

your voice stand out over the music. The voice track has the

yellow up arrow.

Metronome = off

Last Step

Export your Riff to Disk. Use the default settings and then put the file into your group’s playlist.

You must complete this final step or your song will not play. The final file that goes into the playlist is a music file not a Garage Band file

Listen to your finished Riff and check that there are no funny clicks or background noises that need to be deleted. Get a friend to listen to it too and give you some feedback.